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David Leslie (born 9th November 1953 in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, died 30th March 2008 in Farnborough, Kent, UK) was a british driver most notables for his appearances in the British Touring Car Championship and in World Touring Car Masters. He was particularly noted for his qualifying pace over a lap and his development skill, being a key figure in Toyota's Group A program in the late 80's and early 90's.

World Touring Car Masters

1988

Good performances in the World Sportscar Championship and a performance in the Oulton Park round of the 1987 BTCC saw David Leslie getting signed by Union Saver Developments, the factory team entered by Toyota in the 1988 World Touring Car Masters.

Leslie got a regular if unspectacular season - he started the year with a B Class podium at Bathurst, before taking his first class pole position at Watkins Glen - his first of 8 class poles that year, the most of any driver in the field. He took his first class victory in the Hockenheim sprint race, where he also took pole position and fastest lap, and on the next weekend at Charade scored his first endurance race class victory, taking pole position and fastest lap as well. He finished the season ranked 4th in B Class, on 247 points and as the leading Toyota in the standings. In overall terms speaking, Leslie obtained a best result of 10th place at the Charade Endurance Race, ending the season ranked 28th, scoring 21 points.

1989

In 1989, Leslie was able to continue his development of the Supra Turbo and as such was able to take the Class B title.

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																						WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Union Saver Developments	Toyota Supra Turbo	B																						28th	21	4th	247
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT 25	BAT 32	FUJ 26	FUJ 25	GLN 22	GLN 25	NOR DNQ	NOR DNQ	KYA Ret	KYA 28	HOC 14	HOC 15	CHA 10	CHA 24	BIR Ret	BIR 18	MNZ Ret	MNZ 26	SPA Ret	SPA 27	NUR 12
1989	Union Saver Developments	Toyota Supra Turbo	B																						8th	96	1st	359
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ Ret	FUJ 13	GLN 6	GLN 14	KYA 7	KYA 10	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN Ret	BRN 11	MNZ 5	MNZ 14	CHA 3	CHA 10	BIR Ret	BIR 24	SPA 14	SPA 8	NUR 2	NUR 9	BAT Ret